Garment-supporter



(No Model.) 7 I G. DL'NIOHOLS. GARMENT SUPPORTER- No; 532,244. Patented Jan. 8, 1895.

WITNESSES INVILINT OR 221;. .4 A A&% @M d$%wzdwv UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. NICHOLS, OF NEW CANAAN,- CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 532,244, dated January 8, 1895. Application filed June 23,1894. Serial No. 515,482. (No model.)

\ of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction of garment su pporters and also togreatly improve their operation in use, it being necessary in an article of this class to reduce the cost of construction to the lowest possible limit and also to provide a construction which will hold the stocking, drawers or other garment that is. to

be supported, securely, and so that there is nov danger of its slipping, and also without danger of tearing the garment.

With these ends in view I have devised the novel construction of which the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings isa specification, numbers and letters being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my novel supporter the sliding stud being in the engaged position; Fig. 2, a side elevation corresponding therewith; Fig. 3, a front elevation, the sliding stud being in the retracted position, that is, in position for attachment to a stocking or other garment, and Fig. 4C is a side elevation corresponding therewith.

My novel supporter consists of a body portion formed of Wire which I designate as A, a swinging loop hinged thereto also made of wire which I designate as B and a sliding stud which is designated as C. The central portion of the body consists of parallel sides designated by 2 upon which the loop 3 of the sliding stud is adapted to move. The-upper end of the body is made widest and is provided with a cross piece4 so as to form openings 5 through which the web is passed, the

web being attached in the usual manner, that is to say it is passed through from the back, over the cross piece, then under the parallel sides, then through opening 6 at the bottom of the body where it is attached. The swinging loop is hinged to the body as at 7 and is curved outward forming an opening 8 through which the stud with a fold of garment thereon will pass freely. Below opening 8. is a neck 9 over which the stud passes when it is moved to the engaged position. 1

An important feature of my novel construction is that the lower portion of the body is inclined backward as at; 10 and the lower portion of the swinging loop is inclined forward as at 11 so that when the sliding stud is moved to the engaged position the inner sides of the swinging. loop where it narrows ruward to form the neck will bear upon the parpresses the swinging loop down upon it and draws the web, and with it the body and swinging loop upward so that the neck of the loop will pass under thestud and will force the fold of garment close up under the head of the stud thus retaining the garment firmly with a spring pressure butin such a manner as to do away with all danger of tearing the garment.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim- I A garment supporter consisting of a body having openings for the attachment of a web and having parallel sides, a swinging loop having an opening adapted to receive a stud, said body and swinging loop being pivoted together and inclined away from each other at their lower portion, a neck or ledge formed on said loop by the contracted lower portion and adapted to come into contact with the parallel sides of the body portion, a stud mounted to slide upon said ledge and positively held in its operative position by the spring action of the body and loop resulting from the opposing inclinations, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses. 1

GEORGE D. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, P. M. FORTUNE.

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